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Interpretation Act 1978
18AReferences relating to an Agency
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18A References relating to an Agency
(1) An Agency is a department or unit of a department, or other
authority or body:
(a) nominated as an Agency in an Administrative Arrangements
Order; or
(b) declared by an Act to be an Agency for the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 1993 or the Financial
Management Act 1995.
(2) A reference to the Agency in a provision of an Act is a reference to
the Agency administering the provision in which the expression
occurs.
(3) A reference to the Agency administering a provision of an Act or
having responsibility for an area or activity of government is a
reference to the Agency to which the administration of the provision
or responsibility for the area or activity is allocated by an
Administrative Arrangements Order or Act.
(4) A reference to a specified Agency (including a reference to an
Agency that no longer exists) in a provision of an Act includes a
reference to the department, authority or body to which the
administration of the provision is allocated by an Administrative
Arrangements Order or Act.